[IRP] Today is the deadline April 16 Re: request for sign-on to civil society statement supportingNCUC's petition for a noncommercial stakeholders group at ICANN

Thu Apr 16 21:28:23 EEST 2009

Hi Max and Lisa
We have a "yes"?on this from the following
	* Lea Shaver, 
	* I Franklin
	* Lisa Horner 
	* Shaila Mistry

Is this enough and can we get any more response ?I appeal to all of you on this list so we can get to a consensus. 
If you are awake please email now? :):)
Many thanks and apologies for bugging
shaila? rao mistry

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Hi Max
What is the protocol on taking this to our IRP memebers and making a decision ? Has this been discussed , pity we didnt do it last night !
Shaila

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From: Robin Gross robin at ipjustice.org To: shaila mistry <shailam at yahoo.com>
Cc: Lisa Horner <lisa at global-partners.co.uk>; IRPirp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 11:12:11 AM
Subject: Re: [IRP] request for sign-on to civil society statement supportingNCUC's petition for a noncommercial stakeholders group at ICANN

Thank you, Shaila and Lisa and all,

ICANN is still accepting comments today on this issue. ? So please do send a comment to ICANN today supporting NCUC's petition for a noncommercial stakeholder group.

The email address to send the comment to is:?sg-petitions-charters at icann.org

FYI: Here is a list of existing signatories to the petition:
???http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/msg00019.html

Thank you!
Robin

On Apr 16, 2009, at 11:06 AM, shaila mistry wrote:

Hi Lisa and everyone
Yes I think?agree that IRP should sign it .

Shaila Rao Mistry
President
Jayco Interface Technology
Jayco MMI
California
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From: Lisa Horner <lisa at global-partners.co.uk>
To: Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>; irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org
Cc: Bill of Rights Dynamic Coalition <bill-of-rights at ipjustice.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 1:42:42 AM
Subject: Re: [IRP] request for sign-on to civil society statement supportingNCUC's petition for a noncommercial stakeholders group at ICANN

Hi all
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I think that we should sign this petition as the Internet Rights and Principles IGF Dynamic Coalition. Any thoughts/objections?
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Thanks,
Lisa

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From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org on behalf of Robin Gross
Sent: Wed 15/04/2009 19:30
To: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org
Cc: Bill of Rights Dynamic Coalition
Subject: [IRP] request for sign-on to civil society statement supportingNCUC's petition for a noncommercial stakeholders group at ICANN

Dear All,

I am contacting you in the hopes that you will add your non-profit organization?s support for the proposed Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) charter at ICANN by signing this joint civil society statement:?http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf?
As you know, the Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) is the organization that represents non-commercial interests and advocates for the protection of digital rights including free expression, privacy, due process of law and other non-commercial interests in ICANN-GNSO policy discussions.??As part of ICANN?s GNSO Restructuring efforts, the 6 ?constituencies? are being replaced by 4 broader ?stakeholder groups?, including a Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) to represent the interests of non-commercial users of domain names in the GNSO policy arena at ICANN.
NCUC has submitted a petition for the charter of the NCSG that intends to encourage broader civil society participation at ICANN and aims to increase the relative power of non-commercial interests in ICANN policy negotiations.??Noncommercial individuals and organizations are invited to participate in the NCSG, which will be governed by stakeholder group wide elections under the petition.
All of the proposed stakeholder group petitions are in the midst of a Public Comment Period at ICANN?(until 15 April - TODAY- end-of-business in California)?so the ICANN Board of Directors can receive input from the general public on the various stakeholder group petitions. ?
The NCSG charter needs your support to ensure that all non-commercial interests have a voice through their GNSO representatives and in the creation of policy. ?We ask for your support because we want the stakeholder group that represents non-commercial interests to be able to generate sound, consensual, and collaborative policy and decisions that are representative of all of the members in the stakeholder group. ?
In summary, the NCUC?s petition for a Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group is the best proposal of those submitted because it:
	* Emphasizes democratic representation to the Generic Names Supporting Organization instead of a constituency-based approach that gives disproportionate power to select groups. 
	* Encourages cooperation and inclusiveness through consensus-building among members of the stakeholder groups. 
	* Ensures that minority viewpoints are heard and their policy ideas are explored through an increased reliance on working groups. 
	* Operates with a flexible and lightweight framework that allows it to focus on representing non-commercial interests without getting bogged down by bureaucratic details. 
Please consider signing the following statement to indicate your support for the NCSG petition from NCUC.?
Joint Civil Society Statement Supporting the NCSG Petition from NCUC:
http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf
Please indicate your support for signing this civil society statement before?15 April?today - end-of-business in California (which is the deadline for submitting Public Comments) by sending an email to?robin at ipjustice.org.??Thank you very much.
Signed,
The NCUC Executive Committee and GNSO Councilors:
Robin Gross, NCUC Chair
Norbert Klein, NCUC Nominating Committee Representative (Asia)
Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza, NCUC GNSO Policy Councilor (South America)
Mary Wong, NCUC GNSO Policy Councilor (Asia)
William Drake, NCUC GNSO Policy Councilor (Europe)
Carlos Afonso, NCUC Executive Committee Representative (South America)
Horacio Cadiz NCUC Executive Committee Representative (Asia)
Georg Greve, NCUC Executive Committee Representative (Europe)
Robert Guerra, NCUC Executive Committee Representative (North America)
Dave Kissoondoyal, NCUC Executive Committee Representative (Africa)
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Background Information:
Joint Civil Society Statement Supporting the NCSG Petition from NCUC:
http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf
NCUC?s Petition to Form a Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group:
http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/ncsg-petition-charter.pdf
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Executive Summary / Cover Letter of NCSG Petition from NCUC:
http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/executive-summary-ncsg-proposal.pdf
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Information on ICANN Public Comment Period for Stakeholder Group Petitions:
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#sg-petitions
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Public Comments Submitted Thus Far on Stakeholder Group Petitions:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/
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IGF/WSIS Internet Governance Caucus Statement Supporting NCUC?s NCSG Proposal:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/msg00009.html

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From: shaila mistry <shailam at yahoo.com>
To: Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>; ''Max Senges' 'Max <maxsenges at gmail.com>
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